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HAD to share this line from an online article I read today about, among other things, people worrying that they'll never get through the pile of books/articles/bookmarked pieces they want to .....
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More here on how having so much information & choices available out there leads to a sort-of reverse "needle in a haystack" problem - enjoy!... this means treating your "to read" pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a bucket (which demands that you empty it) ...

I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that you, like me, have a large pile (or digital equivalent) of books or articles you've been meaning to get around to reading, plus maybe a long queue of podcast episodes to which you'd love to listen, if
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that you, like me, have a large pile (or digital equivalent) of books or articles you've been meaning to get around to reading, plus maybe a long queue of podcast episodes to which you'd love to listen, if only you had the time. It's the archetypal...
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